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If you enjoyed the ad for epMotion, you'll love this! I think this is an ad for Agilent Technologies' 6520 Accurate-Mass Q-TOF LC/MS. I have no idea what it's for. Link -Thanks, Navs!

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Watch Bee Boy do a hip-hop dance for his hive!

It is a fact of nature: When a honey bee returns to the hive after finding a good source of nectar, it will perform a unique dance for its hive mates, detailing the distance, quality and quantity of the new food supply.

Sadly, honey bees are mysteriously vanishing in staggering numbers - a crisis known as Colony Collapse disorder - which is alarming considering honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of our natural food supply.

Haagen-Dazs produced this video to raise awareness of Colony Collapse Disorder. They have a program you can join to learn more. Link

This little picture doesn't look like much, but it performs well. At the linked site, take the dark striped section at the right and move it slowly over the picture section. Here's a post that explains how this type of animation is made. Link -Thanks, Jon Jason!

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The National Library of Belarus in Minsk is just a sample of 6 of the most illuminated buildings on earth. deputydog takes a closer look at the history and artistry of illuminated buildings from Belgium, France, Spain, and Austria as well. http://deputy-dog.com/2008/07/15/6-of-the-most-illuminated-buildings-on-earth/

One of Victoria Kochowski's assigments as a senior at the Glasgow School of Art was to map out her day.

At first I was going to make a poster, but decided to just take the piss and make a giant drawing pin and carry it with me on the way to school. It's made from a giant foam ball that was split in two. It took 3 days to make, but was well worth it! Hope you enjoy it!

http://kowchow.com/index/map.html -Thanks, Vicky!

A 35 acre subterranean Cold War City that lies 1000 feet beneath Corsham. Built in the late 50s this massive city complex was designed by Government personnel in the event of a nuclear strike. A former Bath stone quarry the city, code named Burlington, was to be the site of the main Emergency Government War Headquarters - the hub of the Country's alternative seat of power outside London.

Over a kilometre in length, and boasting over 60 miles of roads. Blast proof and completely self-sufficient the secret underground site could accommodate up to 6,000 people, in complete isolation from the outside world, for up to three months.

The report (with lots more pictures) is from a blog about all kinds of underground things, created in support of the new movie City of Ember. The Burlington underground city was maintained until the 1980s, and finally decommissioned in 2005. http://underground.cityofember.com/2008/07/burlington-nuclear-bunker-at-c.html -Thanks, Ashley!

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This is astonishing. Japanese company Kajima Corporation is using a building demolition method called daruma-otoshi in which they replace the support columns on the bottom floor with huge computer-controlled jacks. They dismantle the entire bottom floor, then lower the building floor-by-floor! Compared to blowing it up, this method saves time and space, pollutes the air less, and makes material recycling easier. And as much as we like to see old-fashioned implosions, you have to admit this is pretty cool to watch. Link -via the Presurfer

One of my favorite sources, Metafilter is nine years old today. They reposted the first public link, as they have done almost annually. The link is no longer active, but tradition is tradition.

Here's to at least nine more! Link

The rest of the reasons are just as cute, with illustrations by Matthew Inman. Link -Thanks, Matthew!

You've read about crazy Japanese pizzas, but the rest of the world has distinctive preferences, too. In Brazil, you can get hard-boiled eggs and peas on your pizza! In Germany, you can order a pizza topped with asparagus. Lots more international pizza toppings are listed at Rue the Day! Link -Thanks, Jill!

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We posted about Australian blogger Olive Riley last year. She was 107 years old when she started her blog, The Life of Riley. Olive was 108 when she died Saturday in a nursing home. Link to story. http://www.allaboutolive.com.au to blog. -via Geek Like Me

Olive Returns to Broken Hill

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In this excerpt from the film All About Olive, a documentary by Mike Rubbo about the life of Olive Riley, she recounts a childhood fight and shows us she can still dance at age 104.

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss tests your memory of Joel, Mike, the Bots, and the movies of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I loved the show, but was still surprised that I scored as high as 70%. Can you beat that? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16097

This game features Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, using light sabers, icons, and trash talk! Pick your favorite geek and go to battle. Link -Thanks, Jim!

Leah Evans creates textile artwork using imagery from the natural world, including satellite photography!

My current work combines aerial photography, maps, and satellite imagery. I also find myself drawn to the more minute systems of the microbial world. I enjoy the play in scale between magnified microbial life forms and remote sensing images of huge tracts of land. Both scales deal with the translation of scientific information into a visual form. At times these separate bodies of work merge. The overlap is seen in vessel-like arteries of water, tundra pools that look cellular, and microbes that swim through topographic lines.

The gallery has quilted wall hangings made by piecing, applique, needle felt technique, and a variety of embroidery stitches. Link -Thanks, Troy Cummings!

I went to this list thinking I'd for sure know the top ten. But I was down in the 70s range before I found one I didn't know! Advertising sticks with us more than we think. The top ten most effective taglines are:

1. Got milk? (1993)
2. Don’t leave home without it. (1975)
3. Just do it. (1988)
4. Where’s the beef? (1984)
5. You’re in good hands with Allstate. (1956)
6. Think different. (1998)
7. We try harder. (1962)
8. Tastes great, less filling. (1974)
9. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands. (1954)
10. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. (1956)

The top 100 (according to the 2005 survey) along with the advertisers are listed at Tagline Guru. Link -via Euba